Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-07
WASHINGTON.
Items Of Interest about Men and Affairs
Around the National Capitol.
WASHINGTON, May 2, 1887.

States Is beginning to bloom now and
in one. week more it will be in all its
glory of vernal attire. 1t is we'll that
it does, for good representation of
the Nation will be here during the
next few weeks, and the city wants
to look its loveliest. The streets are
being swept, the lawns trimmed, the
fountains sparkle in thesunshine,and
the parterres begin to blaze with ma
lures brightest hues.
Washington will be nothing if not
lively during the month of May. The
Grand Encampment of the Salvation
Army pened the din on the LIST, then
Patti took upthe strain with admis-
sion fec to the Grand Stand ranging
from ten dollars upward. Almost
simultaneously the flyers of the Jock
ey Club and Forepaugh's circus will
make no end to home runs at the
race track and athletic park respect
lively, and about the time these rack
cts weary an entertainment will be
in order, which, fortunately for pock-
cts, is free to all.
This will be the dedication of the
Garfield statue by the Army of the
Cumberland, with procession, music,
and an Grafton by the late Speaker
Keifer, who by special permission of
the High Custodian of political corp
SEES, has been resussitated for this oc-
casion only, for a period not to ex-
coed twenty minutes. Then there
will be side shows in abundance,
League championship games, con-
ventions, reunions, a visit from the
Queen of the Sandwich Islands and
from a hundred or two thousand
American sovereigns, and then will
come the browning event of the sea-
son, the long expected National Drill,
lasting for more than a week and
eliminating in a grand final pageant
on Decoration day.
The work of fencing in the Drill
field is going on and everything will
be in readiness in due time. The en-
closure is 1850 feet in diameter, and
the grand stand will be so arranged
as to enable spectators to see the en-
tire field and all of the performances.
For the camp, $50 tents have been
engaged and some of the visiting
companies will bring their own tents.
AT one extremity of the drill ground
a panorama of the famous battle be-
tween the Merrimac and Monitor in
Hampton Roads will be erected,
which will be a very realistic eXhi-
bition of this encounter. 1t will be
in full view Of the grand stand, and
will form one of the attractions each
night.
The Garfield statue which is to be
unveiled with imposing ceremonies
cost $4,000, of which $4,000 was APP
propriated by Congress for the pede-
stall, and the other $35, 600 was raised
by his comrades of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland. Itstands
in circle at the foot of Capitol Hill,
southwesterly from the Capitol, and
is pedestrian figure Of heroic size.
1t represents Garfield in a graceful
attitude, with one hand holding a
manuscript,as if he where addressing
the people, and the other resting on a
book supported by a column, while
his top coat is thrown back, giving
the figure a life like appearance. The
figure is Of course concealed from pub
lie view by winding sheet of black
cambria, but it was undraped for a
few minutes to be photographed, and
again redraped, so to remain. until
the formal unwilling on the twelfth
snst.'
The inscription on the pedestal has
been criticised because it refers to
Garfield as Senator and also mem
Der of Congress. He was never in
fact Senator but only Senator
elect, and strictly speaking there is
no such thing as member of Con-
gress, but only Senators and Repre-
sentativeS in Congress.
During the administration OF Pres
ident Grant a very beautifully de-
signed card, having in its upper left
hand corner a finely executed steel
plate engraving of the White House,
was adopted for general use in issuing
invitation to dinners, and receptions
atthe Executive mansion. Subsequent
| ly a new design was adopted and the
stock of old cards was placed in the
room in which waste material is stor-
ed. In looking about the apartment